Hanging device for screens



Dec. 18, 1928.

R. s. HOLCOMB HANGING DEVICE FOR SCREENS Filed July 20, v1926 INVENTOR Eus SELL. S. Homo/n5 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. s, 1.928.

RUSSELL SIDNEY Ho ooMB, or nos AnGn Es, CALIFORNIA.

HANGING DEVICE ronj SCREENS. v

Anplication filed July 20,

invention relates to a device particu larly adapted, although not necessarily, for

supporting'and securing a window screen in position to span the opemng in a window frame,- and Which operates to maintain the screen snugly in engagement with the frame so as to prevent rattling and displacement of the screen, the device greatly simplifying the application of the screen to the frame and being applied at the inner side of the screen so that the outsideappearance of the window 'frame a'nd screen will notfbe detracted from by unsightly fittings. 7 1

It is a further purpose of my inventlon to provide a device ofthis character which is'inexpensivefto manufacture is thoroughly rellable and positive 1n operatlon and ise'asily installed; and which forms a hinged connec' tion between the screen and frame so as to permit outward swinging movement of the screen, thus providlngaccessto the outer side of the window panes for cleaning and with it .in closed position... v

out the danger of the screen accidently becoming detached from the Window frame and dropping from the latter, the deviceoperating automatically upon the releaseof the screen to restore the latter to and maintain I will describe only one devlce for screens embodying my inventlon,

and will then point out the novel features,

thereof in claims. p p

In the accompany ng drawings, Figure 1 1s EL VlBW showing 1n side elevae tion one form of hanging device for "screen embodying my invention in applied" posi-p [frame W from the underside of'itstop stile I I tion with respect to a screen I 3 I .1

Figure2 is aview similar to Figurel and "showing the screen applied to a Window frameand the device operating tosecu'rethe screen to the frame;

Figure; 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure Qandlooking in the direct-ion of the arrows; r

Figure/l is avertical sectional view taken on'the lines 44 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows, and 1 Figure 5 isa perspective View of the device.

which similar reference characters designate similar parts ineach of the several views, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a member designated generally at M and preferably constructed from a single is formed at form of hanging Referring specifically to the drawing in 1926. Serial Ive 123,657. I

setlinear portions 10 and 11 connected by a curled intermediate porti0n 12. The'portion 1 1 is of greater length than the portion 10 and its free, end is slightlycurved laterally as; shown at 13, while the' free end of the por tion 10 is curledupon itself'to form an eye 14;. It will be noted that the curled portion resiliently connects the arms and at 12 merges into the portion 10 while an abruptbend 15 portion 11.

he "installation andoperation of the deits point of juncture with'the I Figure 1 it preferably being applied' at the 7 top portion of the frame but can as well be applied to the bottom portion or either of the sides of, the frame. A fastening member such as for instance a roofing nail 16-is new extended through the eye 13 and then driven is not driven in so far as to cause binding engagement of its head with the eye, to the end-that the device will be free to rock about the eye as a pivot. With the device thus secured to the screen frame and occupying the inclined positionwith respect to'the edge of thefframe as shown in Figure 1, a second and similar fastening member '17 'isnow driven into the screenframe adjacent the free end and alongside of the portion 11. A headed fastening member 18 constituting alatching projection is then driven into-the :Wll'ldOW sothata portion of the-shank of the member remains'projecting, care being taken to so position the fasteningmember that when the;

' pointof connection with the portion 12 and will be offset inwardly withrespect to the into the frame, care being taken that the nail f plane of the device. With the device positioned asshown in Figure 1 it is now flexed upwardly and away from the screen to the position shown in Figure 3 in which position the curledportion 12 will be placed under tension and the linearportion 10 will be de-,

vposed above and to the inner side of the fas- I teningrmember 18. During, this flexing move ment, the linear portion will pivot on the fastening member .16 while the linear portion 11 will slide upon the shank of the fastening member 17.

Upon the release of the device'its natural tendency to return to the normal position shown in Figure 1 will cause the linear por tion 10 to bear against the shank and head of the fastening member 18 so that the device will .be latched to the member and will act to draw thescreen upwardly and inwardly into snug engagement with the shoulder 19 of the window frame, thus firmly supporting and securin the screen in the frame.

From the foregoing operation oi the device it will be clear that although. the screen 18 firmly supported in the window frame it is .free to be swung outwardly a suiiicient amount to give access to the outer side of the Window panes forcleaning, the device providing a hinged connection with the window frame and being further flexed during the outward swingingmovement ot the screen so that when the latter is released the device will operateto draw the screen again into snug engagement withthe shoulder 19;

It is evident that one or more devices can be used on a screen, the number depending on the size of the screen, one generally beiu g adequate for a relatively narrow screen. vFurthermore, two or more ofthe devices can be positioned along one side of ascreenfor either window or door so as to functionas a hinge in permittingthe window or door to be swung to open position for the passage of persons, and operating whenthe screen is released to return the latter to closed position,

ing invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications maybe made therein Without departing from the spirit of my invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A screen hang ng device comprising a pair of resiliently connected and substantially oppositely disposed arms, one of which pr0- vided at its free end portion with an opening.

2. A screen hanging device comprising a member constructed from a single length of flexible wire to provide a pair of oppositely disposed linear. portions resiliently connected at their confronting endsby a curled intermediate portion, the free endv of one of the portions being bent to form an eye.

3.; A screen hangin device comprising a member having a pair ofsubstantially'oppositely disposed arms connected at their confrontingends by a curled'resilient portion, the treeend 01 one of the arms having. an :eye through which a fastening member. is adapted tobe extended to secure the device to a screen while done of the arms is adapted to engaged intermediate its ends with a projection secured to a window frame and the other of the armswith a projection securedto the screen, all in such manner that the screen will be hung by the device in the window frame and normally urged to closedpositionby the device. I

4. A screen hanging device comprising a member constructed from a single lengthot flexible wire coiled upon: itself intermediate itsends to provide a resilient portion and linear portions extending in substantially opposite directions from. the resilient portion the free end of one of the linear portions havcured. to the screen, all in such manner that the screen will be hung by the device in the window frame and normally urgedto closed position by the device.

5. A screen hanging device comprising a. ,member constructed from a single length of flexible wire coiled upon. itself lnterme'dlate its ends to provide a resilient portion and oneof the linear portions extending tangenti'ally from the resilient portion and having an eye at its free end'and the other of the linear portions being offset from the first linear portion. and extending across the resilient portion. 7

RUSSELL SIDNEYHOLOOMB.

I ing an eye through which a fastening member 'of'the linear portions Withaprojection se- '100 7 linear portions extending in substantially'opposite dlrections from the resilient portion, 

